Using personality tests in leadership development: Test format effects and the mitigating impact of explanations and feedback

Human Resource Development Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-301

  Harland, Lynn K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

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EID: 33744510492     PISSN: 10448004     EISSN: 15321096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.1067     Document Type: Article

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